CVE-2008-2147

Medium

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library under the modules/ or plugins/ subdirectories of the current working directory.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductVideolan Vlc
PublishedMay 12, 2008
First seenMay 12, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
videolan vlcv ≤ 0.8.6, 0.4.6, 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.1a, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.4, 0.8.4a, 0.8.5, 0.8.6a, 0.8.6b, 0.8.6c, 0.8.6d, 0.8.6e—

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